President Benigno Aquino 3rd has yet to sign a measure lowering the age of criminal liability to 12 years old, but another bill has been filed in Congress that brings down the age of criminal liability to nine years old.
House Bill 922, or An Act Amending the Juvenile Justice Act, was filed by Representatives Joselito Atienza, Irwin Tieng and Mariano Michael Velarde of Buhay, which topped the party-list race in the May elections.
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